I love my GO. I think the strip cutters are the bread and butter of the dies. You can cut strips, squares and diamonds with them. If I o nly have to cut a couple of strips, I do it with my rotary cutter. I am just finishing #3 of a quilt that required 222 strips (for a total of 666 strips for all 3 quilts). I would never have made these quilts without the help of my GO cutter. I also made a 9 patch quilt that required a whole lot of 2 1/2" squares, and I cut all of those with my 2 1/2" strip cutter. I love cutting my borders and my bindings with my strip cutters. I also have some block dies (Hunter's Star, Winding Ways, Drunkard's Path, etc) that I love, too. And I have a lot of the applique dies for use with my embroidery designs. Did I say "I love my GO"?